#2A8796#2A8796

#2A8796 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.087 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2A8796
RGB	rgb(42, 135, 150)
HSL	hsl(188, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(188, 72%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(72%, 10%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.86, -21.57, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.86, 26.77, 216.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.66% -0.0749 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(57.66% 0.087 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.1215, 20.0204, 31.9156)
Luminance	0.2002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2A8796 #96392A

analogous

#2A966F #2A8796 #2A5196

triadic

#2A8796 #962A87 #87962A

tetradic

#2A8796 #6F2A96 #96392A #51962A

square

#2A8796 #6F2A96 #96392A #51962A

split-complementary

#2A8796 #962A51 #966F2A

monochromatic

#0F3136 #1D5C66 #2A8796 #37B2C6 #66C5D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#2A8796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#2A8796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2A8796

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2A8796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2A8796	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2a8796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 135, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.087 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74aab4',
    500: '#2a8796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2a8796;
$custom-light: #74aab4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2a8796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57658,
    "c": 0.08693,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2A8796

secondary

#BA6E61

accent

#5D48E0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #2A8796

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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